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Russia Russia is a country in Europe that has existed and been inhabited since Paleolithic times. Russian Federation or Modern Russian has grown into the largest country in the world. Several major events have built Russia into what we know today. The early history during the ninth century C.E. Kievan Russia developed the first political party that reigned from the 10th-12th century (The World Fact Book, 2016). Since then there have been a plethora of leaders and developments. They…

Peter I the Great Peter I the Great is single-handedly responsible for the Westernization and the modernization of Russia. His multiple domestic reforms and border expansions transformed Russia from an isolated medieval country- that had remained nearly isolated from the Renaissance or Reformation of any kind- into a great modern power. Peter was born on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia. Peter was the son of Tsar Aleksey I and Natalya Naryshkina, the czar’s second wife. Peter’s birth resulted…

human space and place, which has experienced this change, is Russia. Russia is located northeast of Europe and to the north of Asia. It borders 14 countries, which include Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Mongolia, Norway, Poland and Ukraine. The map in figure 1…

Russian did not allow the, to cross-examine the miscreants. The second attack moved by Chaim Nachman Bialik to write a famous poem, In the City of Slaughter, which resonated among the Jewish intelligentsia. More importantly, the Zionists (Usshishin) and Revisionist’s (Jabotinsky) and Territorialist (Zangwell) were highly offended at the cavalier treatment of this activity. Galicia After the Third Partition (1795) of the Lithuanian-Polish Empire, Austria annexed most of Lesser Poland,…

The idea of sustainability is heavily contested amongst different groups of people for a multitude of reasons. It is generally accepted that sustainability consists of three factors that contribute to an ideal society: financial, environmental and social stability. However, on a larger scale, it is often not considered by governments and other decision makers, who focus on sustainability of their own people almost exclusively, while letting other communities suffer. Often, this involves…

1. First of all I would like to say not one single event soley caused the war the train of corrupting events did. On June 28, 1914 the serbian Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz-Ferdinand cause of this Kaiser Wilhem and his fellow germans sided with Austria. Within weeks of the assassination there was a series of uncontrolable rampage amoung the military and other government leaders. Most diplomatic leaders thought war would be a better option rather than peace because the wanted to…

Humans don’t fear darkness, they fear the unknown that comes along with it, and it is through the unknown that we habitually find our most rural self. Fear is like death, it doesn’t care who you are, it attacks everyone equally. The common man doesn’t need to read 1,000 books to understand fear, they don’t need a doctorate degree to know agony, or a history lesson to learn about creation. Mark Rothko made a political statement by making his art an equalizer between humans. One of his last series…

Love today is not what it was. Humans are built to love, but when factors are added in they break down and love does not work. Factors such as lust, hormones, jealousy, mistrust, and loose morals can affect a relationship and may break it or lead to unwanted consequences. Many in today’s society, are faced with relationship problems because of these factors and are unable to keep a relationship. Humans have three primary emotional systems when it comes to love. These are mating, reproduction,…

Before, social classes began to emerge and forms of capitol were created, communal living had been a fixture of society since the hunter-gathering days. This practice, now referred to as Communism, is an, “economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.” The most modern attempts at creating a Communist state come from a theory called Marxism. This theory, published in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’…

Millions of Lives Lost During the Holocaust Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Night once said, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ADD BRIDGE! The Holocaust is an awful genocide because of Adolf Hitler’s decisions, the concentration camps, all of the deaths that occurred, and the massive decrease of the Jewish population. Adolf Hitler’s Childhood Almost any tragedy that occurs today is compared to the Holocaust and what happened to the Jews. Adolf Hitler was…